(12-22-08)
The Dean of Engineering, Kent Fuchs, announced on Dec. 22 that effective January 1, 2009 the Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering will assume responsibility for resource decisions in TAM. In practice this means that although there will be few immediate changes, TAM has been put on a path to merge with MAE. No faculty are losing tenure and all present graduate students will maintain support. The graduate field of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics will live on and new students will continue to be admitted. A great deal of discussion and planning will be taking place in early 2009 as we work together to create a new, world-leading Sibley School.
University Statement on Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
